A 1/2 acre of land was burned in a grass fire off U.S. Highway 80 just west of Simsboro on Monday afternoon. Lincoln Parish Fire District No. 1 received a call about a grass fire at approximately 2:24 p.m. Monday and arrived on the scene at 2:30 p.m. with five firefighters.

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Former Lincoln Parish state Rep. William Sumlin is free on $25,000 bond today after being arrested Tuesday on charges of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested Sumlin, 71, following an investigation into a complaint received by the sheriff’s department, Major Chad Alexander, the department’s public information officer, said.

Sumlin was arrested at his home near Simsboro shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to the arrest warrant. Alexander said Sumlin offered no resistance.

Ruston police are searching for an armed robbery suspect following an early-morning incident at the Hampton Inn on Friday.

RPD Capt. Tim Parker said that at approximately 3 a.m. Friday, a Caucasian male in his early 20s, standing approximately 5-foot, 9-inches in height, wearing a hoodie and allegedly brandishing a handgun, jumped over the counter in the hotel lobby, forced a clerk to a back room and stole an undetermined amount of cash.

“All the clerk could really tell is that he had dark facial hair,” Parker said.

Ruston’s Planning and Zoning Commission made history Monday night when it approved the first mobile food vending application made under the city’s amended zoning ordinance.

Commissioners unanimously approved Central Oil and Supply’s request to place a food truck at the Valero gas station and convenience store located at 1110 N. Trenton St. The hamburger vending truck will be on the southwest corner of the property.